Detail of a horseman from the

Right Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch

Bas Relief, Northern Qi dynasty, A.D. 550-577

China, Henan province, probably Ce xian


... shows a large dagger in a flared sheath. Identical weapons appeared wherever Central Asian Turkic peoples ruled.
Source: ELI - 030 - Attila and the Nomad Hordes by David Nicolle (Author), Angus McBride (Illustrator)

Back to the Right Back Slab of this Sogdian Mortuary Couch; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Accession Number: 12.588.
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